tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post2401320343218252788..comments2023-09-11T05:46:29.728-03:00Comments on Novel Readings: Novel Readings in the GuardianRohan Maitzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-80666940404504296672007-12-23T15:04:00.000-04:002007-12-23T15:04:00.000-04:00Well, it's not so much that you get to take credit...Well, it's not so much that you get to take credit for influencing me (after all, I have been studying literature and criticism a pretty long time) as that context makes a difference to what I choose to emphasize when addressing these issues. Impatience with what strikes me as extremes is consistent, after all, with general recognition of the demands of specialization. But it's true too that I Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-43035355656421273652007-12-23T13:28:00.000-04:002007-12-23T13:28:00.000-04:00Um, I have a comment on the original post, if that...Um, I have a comment on the original post, if that's okay? (Hand waving frantically in back while taller student in front hogs the professor's attention.)<BR/><BR/>You might, understandably, not have wanted to muddy the waters, Rohan, but you did neglect to mention to Nigel the long and fraught debate from *within* academic criticism over standards of aesthetic evaluation, canon formation, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-79213608205311206542007-12-22T04:33:00.000-04:002007-12-22T04:33:00.000-04:00That's just the thing, though; the blogosphere is ...That's just the thing, though; the blogosphere is nothing other than what we make of it. No ethics, no editorial oversight, no real etiquette, no boundaries to mark off critique from jealousy or assault. In such circumstances we would be fools to expect much more than narcissistic acting out or neurotic aggression. It's also impossible to set up our own standards over and against the Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239283385268255066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-46466318267588849632007-12-21T17:40:00.000-04:002007-12-21T17:40:00.000-04:00Isn't the reality of "the blogosphere" (as if ther...Isn't the reality of "the blogosphere" (as if there is such a monolithic thing) that it is precisely what we make it? What you do in the blogosphere is representative of <B>you</B>, for better and for worse; nobody else forces you to do it, though by calling yourself a "symptom" you seem to be trying to disclaim responsibility for your own words ("boogerhead"? really!). You could delete your Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-28101529165567468312007-12-21T13:03:00.000-04:002007-12-21T13:03:00.000-04:00I'm a symptom. What I do in the blogosphere is mu...I'm a symptom. What I do in the blogosphere is much more representative of the blogosphere in general than what you do. You keep a civil tongue in your head (which is not sufficient to make dialog and debate measured and reasonable) and you seem for the most part to have given up unwarranted attacks on targets who cannot answer you back. I congratulate you on that, and I do admire your high Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239283385268255066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-48571010992852580442007-12-21T10:16:00.000-04:002007-12-21T10:16:00.000-04:00Hi again, Toast. I don't know about "being cited a...Hi again, Toast. I don't know about "being cited as an ally," since Beale quotes me twice and basically disputes my comments both times. That he finds my blog "stimulating" does not mean he and I see eye to eye; it's possible to agree "up to a point," as Mr. Brooke would say.<BR/><BR/>I saw the exchange on Stephen Crowe's site and thought it was knuckle-headed--and that is the end of my interestRohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-16776758890224502882007-12-20T23:58:00.000-04:002007-12-20T23:58:00.000-04:00This is exactly what I warned you about, Rohan. Y...This is exactly what I warned you about, Rohan. You're now being cited as an ally by someone hostile to the whole enterprise of academic criticism. He may have pandered to you here, but he cares no more for you than for any other scholar. Look at his comment over at http://urbarbo.blogspot.com/2007/12/on-responsibilities-of-critic.html. When Stephen Crowe notes that you are a woman, Nigel Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239283385268255066noreply@blogger.com